Intrusion PreventionMS.Windows.Media.Player.BMP.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates a possible attempt by an attacker to exploit a Heap Overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1. This vulnerability can be exploited by crafting a malicious Bitmap file with the size field set to zero but still containing some additional information. A successful exploit can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Affected Products
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4
Media Player 9 on Windows 200 SP4 and XP SP1
Media Player 10 on XP SP1 and SP2
Impact
System compromise: remote code execution.
Recommended Actions
Microsoft has released a security update for this vulnerability, please apply MS06-005.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 11712 |
| Created | Feb 15, 2006 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2006-0006 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 96.56% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | MediaPlayer |